But from what I’ve heard, “Django Unchained” is offensive on many different levels. Even the unrepentent liberal Salon.com called it a “notoriously incoherent bloodbath.” Sorry: maybe I’m getting stodgy in my old age, but I’d rather not submit myself to two hours of racist language and gratuitous gore.

There’s much better stuff out there at 10 bucks a crack, from fact-based "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" to the mildly entertaining "Silver Linings Playbook" to hold-onto-your-hat fun like "Skyfall."

motherscratcher wrote:Yeah. Once I saw "all-over-the-place-bad" I knew there would be no common ground on this topic.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

Hope you enjoy Django, Mother. But for me, the early responses to it are just another sign that this old coot is somewhat out of touch with the under-50 crowd. Hell, maybe I'll eventually see it just to help me figure out the younger generation. Then again, maybe I won't.

motherscratcher wrote:Yeah. Once I saw "all-over-the-place-bad" I knew there would be no common ground on this topic.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

Hope you enjoy Django, Mother. But for me, the early responses to it are just another sign that this old coot is somewhat out of touch with the under-50 crowd. Hell, maybe I'll eventually see it just to help me figure out the younger generation. Then again, maybe I won't.

I don't think you're out of touch. Just not your bag. I think Pulp is an absolute masterpiece.

And I doubt it has anything to do with figuring out the younger generation. Tarantino just isn't for everyone I guess. I'm not even sure how "younger generation" his fans actually are anymore.

I've never seen Kill Bill or Jackie Brown, but Django was great. However I am in the camp that says Pulp Fiction was a game-changer (which the begs question as to why I haven't watched a couple of these others...)

Drudge says it might not be resonating out there? Frankly I only went because Les Mis' was sold out (thank you Jesus). The boys were going to Django, we were going to Les Mis' and I got bailed out bigtime.

Then drudge is pulling that out of their ass. It's doing HUGE numbers for a Tarantino film and the Twitter reactions & #'s are insanely positive. A- Cinemascore (Anything A- and above usually has great legs at the b.o.), Every report I've seen has audiences (full of young people, mind you) LOVING it.

I know I'm in the minority, but I like Death Proof. The biggest problem with that movie is the cafe scene with the stunt girls drags the story to a grinding halt.

You can "get" what their characters are about in half-a-dozen other scenes. It's a dialogue heavy scene with some interesting camera work, but you can lose the whole sequence and not "lose" anything.

It's interesting to note even Tarantino has admitted Death Proof isn't his finest work. He still defends it, but said he'd be happy if it was considered his "worst" movie. (I did not enjoy Planet Terror at all. It had its moments, and that's about all I can say.)

Pulp Fiction: I think I quote that movie in my head at least once a day. It's a part of the culturual Reference Manual. It was a game-changer. 'Nuff said.

Jackie Brown: Under-rated due to it being the follow-up to Pulp Fiction. It's hard to top a masterpiece. I need to watch it again, haven't seen it in years.

Reservior Dogs: One of the best "First Films" from any director -- ever.

Kill Bill: Entertaining. I keep waiting for a Blu-Ray that has both movies on one disc.

Inglorious Basterds: An absolute Thunderstorm of Awesome.

Django Unchained: Probably will not get to see this movie until it hits Blu-Ray. If I'm lucky I'll be able to sneak out and see it when it hits the buck theatre.

Tarentino-Related:From Dusk 'til Dawn: I knew what I was getting going in, so I LOVED this movie. Every minute of it.

Unfortunately, this movie was disappointing to me. It had many good scenes, but just kind of got worse as it went, and the end was stupid. Not to mention that I'm pretty sick of Tarantino revenge pics by now. Kill Bill was better.

Just saw it. I enjoyed it a lot, it was long but it never felt like it was dragging. Tarantino knows how to do a genre picture, and this combines the spaghetti western and elements of Blaxploitation. There isn't a bad actor in the whole damn movie, the cameos are all fantastic.

My gripes, the blood was way too Planet Terrorish, it looked like red snot. I feel like the movie should have ended in the house the first time. It was very climatic, and I think he wasted that to an extent by having another predictable shootout 10 minutes later. I will say that I did love the scene with Tarantino, John Jarrat, and Michael Parks. It was totally pointless, but cool.

IMO, it's 10 times better than Kill Bill, but not quite as good as Basterds in terms of his revenge flicks.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:Just saw it. I enjoyed it a lot, it was long but it never felt like it was dragging. Tarantino knows how to do a genre picture, and this combines the spaghetti western and elements of Blaxploitation. There isn't a bad actor in the whole damn movie, the cameos are all fantastic.

My gripes, the blood was way too Planet Terrorish, it looked like red snot. I feel like the movie should have ended in the house the first time. It was very climatic, and I think he wasted that to an extent by having another predictable shootout 10 minutes later. I will say that I did love the scene with Tarantino, John Jarrat, and Michael Parks. It was totally pointless, but cool.

IMO, it's 10 times better than Kill Bill, but not quite as good as Basterds in terms of his revenge flicks.

Yes, it would've been better had it ended at the first gunfight at the house (and if the gunfight itself were better). Everything after that was not so good and diminished the movie overall.